Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment

9:00 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

Once the tender award has been completed, we expect the completion of the roll-out within three to five years, based on what the industry has told us. We expect it to be closer to three years than to five years. The reason I gave detail to the Deputy earlier was because I want the committee and members of the public to understand a huge amount of activity is ongoing both around the procurement process in which we are involved and in the work that has been undertaken by the private sector around the commercial aspect. That is why the committee can see us shifting from 700,000 in 2012 with high-speed broadband to 1.5 million premises now, and more to come. With regard to the 536,000 or 540,000 properties that are still waiting for high-speed broadband, we will provide that by way of-----